Poached peaches with honeyed passionfruit and vanilla splinters

Method

Cut a small cross in the base of each peach with a small sharp knife and plunge peaches into a saucepan of boiling water for 30 seconds. Remove with a slotted spoon and plunge into a bowl of iced water then drain and peel skin away.

Combine sugar, vanilla bean and seeds and water in a medium saucepan and stir over low heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and bring to the boil. Add peaches and simmer for three to five minutes (depending on ripeness) until peaches are just tender. Remove fruit and cool.

Boil juices over high heat until reduced and syrupy then remove from heat and cool. Cut each peach in half and remove stones. Put peaches and strawberries in serving dishes.

Combine passionfruit pulp and honey in a small bowl, mix well then drizzle over peaches and strawberries. Cut vanilla bean into slivers and scatter over peaches. Drizzle with peach syrup and serve with vanilla ice-cream if desired.